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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “handling”
Where the money went
Largest: $350,000 to ICHUD HATZALAH ISRAEL 1221 (RA) — providing support, recovery and respectful handling of fallen war victims
Material Handling IndustryCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $396,500 · through 2024Largest: $312,300 to MATERIAL HANDLING EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — scholarship program
El Paso Symphony Orchestra AssocEl Paso, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $574,244 · through 2024Largest: $190,000 to EL PASO SYMPHONY FOUNDATION — this amount was moved to further secure the increase of funds to the orchestra. the foundation is the organization which handles investments to then support the orchestra associati…
Illinois Propane Education and ResearchSpringfield, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $240,000 · through 2025Largest: $60,000 to ILLINOIS FIRE SERVICE INSTITUTE — funding will support the university of illinois fire service institute live lpg burn training for local fire departments throughout illinois. the course will consist of a one hour …
Meadows Mental Health Policy InstituteDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $251,917 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to MINARET FOUNDATION — handle with care mental health netw
The Priddy FoundationWichita Falls, TX
3 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2025Largest: $800,000 to Wichita Falls Area Food Bank — shared handling fees & program support extension community impact project 2023
Rack Manufacturers InstituteCharlotte, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $80,316 · through 2024Largest: $31,500 to The Material Handling Education Foundation Inc — university scholarship program
Largest: $312,601 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — to conduct a study on the handling of deaths in custody by the medicolegal death investigation system in the united states and study-related concerns with medical death investigati…
St Louis Community FoundationSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $679,153 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to ANIMALS' ANGELS INCORPORATED — improving living , housing, and handling of livestock animals. research and investigations of animal cruelty.
Largest: $188,345 to UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER — 81615 studying the impact of a decisionmaking intervention designed to advance racial equity in prosecutors' handling of criminal cases
York County Community FoundationYork, PACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $597,847 · through 2023Largest: $189,000 to LOGOS WORKS PARTNERS — handle with care program, yorksafenet phase 2 study/system design, uplift us, monitored public safety cameras, capacity building through community collaboration
Largest: $3,500 to FAITH TEMPLE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — handling fee for food bank
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →